Google Photos is one of my favorite Google products. It's not only great for photo backups, but also for sharing images quickly and easily. Google is adding more machine learning magic to Photos with the introduction of 'Suggested sharing,' which aims to take all the work out of sharing pictures.

Here's how it works - Google Photos will try to figure out how you regularly share photos, and offer to do it for you. For example, if you took pictures with a friend of yours, Photos will offer to share all the photos containing that person to them automatically. Pretty cool stuff.

Another example is automatically sharing pictures of a couple's children between the parents. We first caught glimpse of this feature in a recent APK teardown, but Google says it will be rolling out "in the coming weeks."

It's not Google's decision, it's against EU privacy laws in regards to the server location and where it's stored.

surethom

I have heard that before but Personally I don't believe that as google Picasa always had face detection, & I thought they used google servers in Ireland? let's hope Brexit puts an end to this.

Ailín Ó’S

Yeah, Google stores its EU information in Ireland where it is then subject to Irish and therefore EU law, but not all of it is in the EU so it goes against the rules and is blocked. Google it and you can find out more about it.

Luzandro

Picasa had face detection on the client side, nowadays Google is doing everything in the cloud

Teodor Axel Johan Jönsson

Just clear data in Google Photos app (no it won't remove any phones from your phone or in the cloud) and activate a VPN and VPN to US, then open the Google Photos app, and voila, you have face detection. After you have opened the Google Photos app, you can disconnect the VPN, it will stay active. I did this around 2 years ago, and it's still working here, and I live in Sweden

surethom

That's what I have already done but most won't know how to do this including older parents &it's then that would love to just enter a name &see all there grandkids.

Teodor Axel Johan Jönsson

Then help your parents. I did it for my mother yesterday

Nuno G.

Just us a US vpn and you'll have that feature forever on your google photos

Suicide_Note

This will make sharing pictures with my wife much, much easier.

Andrew w thuku

Privacy please. This will hrlp more families to break. Google photos will not be able to use reasoning or any feeling si thanks to you google for privacy invading.
Practical scenario::
My daughter from my ex is my family, but if i take pictures with my step daughter, by suggesting or sharing those pictures will cause pain and friction in family.